Directed by Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan
CinemaNA – The Wanted 18
Presented by Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi and NYU Abu Dhabi
Tuesday, Mar 6 @ 7:30pm
Past Event
At Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi – Directed by Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan
Through a clever mix of stop-motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story: the Israeli army’s pursuit of 18 cows, whose independent milk production on a Palestinian collective farm was declared “a threat to the national security of the state of Israel.”
Biography
Amer Shomali is a Palestinian multidisciplinary artist that uses painting, films, digital media, installations, and comics as tools to explore and interact with the sociopolitical scene in Palestine. Much of Shomali’s work examines the creation and the use of the Palestinian revolution’s iconography. His artworks are part of several collections: The British Museum, the Museum of Manufactured Response to Absence (MoMRtA), Birzeit University Museum, Al-Qattan Foundation; Shomali co-directed the award-winning animated documentary, The Wanted 18, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014. The film was awarded the best documentary award in Abu Dhabi, Carthage, Traverse City, and Al-Jazeera Film Festivals.
- Runtime: 75min
- Followed by a Skype Q&A with Amer Shomali
- Directed by: Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan
- Produced by: Saed Andoni, Dominique Barneaud, Nathalie Cloutier
- Genre: Documentary, Animation
- English Subtitles